Candy Cane Chocolate Peppermint Creams

Candy Cane Chocolate Peppermint Creams

I’m one of those weirdo peeps that dislikes mint. I won’t eat any mint confectionary. No to candy canes, no to mint rock. Although if it’s fruit flavoured rock, then rot on teeth!

But, if it’s mint and chocolate then game on! Any flavour smothered in delicious, delightful chocolate is a good one in my book. Mint and chocolate just seem to compliment each other so perfectly!

And wow, it’s getting close to Christmas, right? It must be because the giant man-baby is getting all festive on me [don’t faint now]. He asked for peppermint creams. His wish was my command [like always, pffffft!]

Peppermint creams are so easy and quick to make. They have a texture of fondant – hardish outer layer with a soft creamy inner. Peppermint creams are traditionally made with raw egg, but you can adapt the recipe to use sweetened condensed milk instead. These peppermint creams are egg free.

Flavoured with peppermint extract and candy canes too. Not only are the candy canes there for decoration, but they’re inside the creams too! I wanted chocolate [again], so gave these a generous spoon drizzle of dark chocolate. And it was heaven!

Ingredients:

225g (1¾ cups)icing (confectioners’) sugar

115g (6 tbsp)sweetened condensed milk

1 tsppeppermint extract

(optional) 2candy canes

green food colouring

55gplain/dark chocolate

Directions:

Sift the icing (confectioner’s) sugar into a bowl. Add the sweetened condensed milk and mix until a sticky dough just starts to form. Add the peppermint extract and continue mixing to form a dough. If using, add 1½ crushed candy canes at this point.

You can add more peppermint extract if you like. If so, you may need to add a little more icing (confectioners’) sugar if too sticky.

Dust your hands, work surface and a rolling pin with more icing (confectioners’) sugar and roll out the dough to approx. 5mm thick (approx. ¼in).

Using mini cookie cutters or a knife, cut out your shapes and allow to set for approx. 2-3 hours. Longer in humid conditions.

Once set, melt the chocolate and either dip or drizzle over the peppermint creams. Sprinkle the remaining reserved ½ crushed candy cane over the melted chocolate and allow to set.

Enjoy.

See, I can do mint. Do you have any weird flavours you dislike alone but love combined?

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Comments

Okay, I’m STILL trying to process the fact that you dislike mint (!?!?!?) but I will forgive you because these cookies look super yummy. I love mint, and chocolate + mint are like, a match made in flavor heaven. Plus, these cookies are gorgeous!Hayley @ The Domestic Rebel’s latest post: Peppermint White Trash Candy

Yes, I’m one of those freaks of nature. The only mint I’ll eat by itself is gum and I’d take Trident fruit flavoured any day over mint.Lisa {Sweet 2 Eat Baking}’s latest post: Candy Cane Chocolate Peppermint Creams

Me too Sally, me too! The last time I used fondant, I ate a fist sized ball of it! The peppermint creams are pretty much like fondant on the outside but creamy and melt-in-the-mouth-like on the inside. Either way, they’re delicious. Lisa {Sweet 2 Eat Baking}’s latest post: Candy Cane Chocolate Peppermint Creams

Now that you say that, I don’t think I really like plain mint either…Unless it’s gum. Obviously, I do like chocolate and mint together. You can hardly pry those flavors apart this time of year!Loretta | A Finn In The Kitchen’s latest post: Giant Peppermint Oreos

So beautiful! I personally don’t like dark chocolate and mint (though for some reason white chocolate seems to work splendidly for my finicky taste buds lol) BUT these are just so gorgeous I now wish I could try them. Jess @ OnSugarMountain’s latest post: White Chocolate Peppermint M&M Cookies

Heh, you’re more stranger than I am Jess. I guess if you made them with white chocolate they’d be even more creamy with the sweet creamy flavours of the white chocolate.Lisa {Sweet 2 Eat Baking}’s latest post: Candy Cane Chocolate Peppermint Creams

So festive! I have so many more things to bake before Christmas and time is just running out. Would love a have a piece of this right now to calm my nerves :P. xoxoJoanna @ Chic & Gorgeous Treats’s latest post: Tangy Lemon Almond Slice & A Sunshine Award